Communities nationwide are investing in property preservation services in order to safeguard important community assets and protect the value of surrounding homes and neighborhoods. As a property preservation contractor, you’ll want to take advantage of this community interest by making sure all your boxes are checked ahead of time, so that when your services are required, you can be first on the scene.

As your company grows, in any sector or industry, you’ll likely face the challenge of building a team to handle the growing number of projects. Choosing to hire employees or independent contractors is a major decision you’ll make along the way. Whether you hire employees or independent contractors, it’s important that you understand the rules and regulations that differentiate these two “classifications”.

Unfortunately, there has been no shortage of natural disasters in the past year. With at least six major disasters exceeding $1B in damage as of July 2018, it’s time to start taking a harder look at disaster recovery. What are the top opportunities for property preservation functional improvements during a disaster in 2019?

We know the economy is doing well and we know what that means for the property preservation companies. Though we are starting to see an uptick in foreclosure starts, it could still be some time before that turns into anything significant for the industry. What are you doing to make this downturn as productive as you can? When work volumes are low, it might be time to innovate and focus on improving processes. In other words, look inward.

Vendor management is all about creating a mutually beneficial relationship so not only your company can succeed, but your vendors can successfully work with you. When you’re the company hiring you define the suppliers and what they are privy to it. As you look at rethinking or sharpening up your vendor management strategies consider the following.

Crawl. Walk. Run. The same principle can apply when investigating the efficacy of a mobile app through part of your organization. Consider the pilot program the first phase of improving your customer experience. Here are a few items to keep in mind when initially working through the kinks under a smaller team.

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